Having mono really did slow me down a lot, and I fell way behind. Last night I realized for the first time that I am pretty much at the point where getting everything done that I need to get done before Christmas is a mathematical impossibility, at least if I want to sleep. So, after I counted the days and it dawned on me that I am screwed, what did I decide to do from about 9 PM until midnight? Work? Shop? Wrap presents? Nah, instead I did what any sane person in my situation would do -- I played with my board covers on Pinterest, changing them back-and-forth, back-and-forth, back and forth, until I was bleary-eyed and dozing off with my ipad in my hand (on my chest, really, while I'm laying down, so that just when I start to nod off, it falls and slams into my face. Awesome).
What? You guys do that too, right? Procrastination and denial in its highest and purest form, thank you very much.
Here's one thing from last night that I thought was really cute. For school, Ellie was writing a paragraph about a tradition that is important to her. She decided to write about a restaurant in Boston that we always go to around Christmas time. She gave it to me to proofread, and I saw that she had written "It is a Talian restaurant and it is my favorite." After I told her that someone from Italy is "Italian," not "a Talian," she just squinted at me, totally suspiciously, like I was making it up or tricking her. Finally, she said, "No. I don't think so." I had to get Daddy to tell her too before she'd believe me. Seriously, haven't I spent almost every minute of the last 9 years teaching her, and she all of a sudden thinks I'm making stuff up?! I mean, I totally do make stuff up all the time of course, but not stuff like that!
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